Joint-use libraries have been created to share resources, reduce facilities costs, and more efficiently serve patrons. There have been several notable examples in the news. In the summer of 2013, a joint-use facility opened in Virginia Beach, a partnership between the Virginia Beach Public Library and the Tidewater Community College, whose campus houses the
facility.2 A decade before that, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library opened in San Jose, merging the San José Main
Public Library with the San Jose State University Library.3 But did you know that North Carolina has had a joint-use
library in Carrboro for some 20 years?

ABSTRACT. This article will address the evolution of collection development in the age of e-resources. According to results from a survey conducted by the authors, there are some emerging "best practices" for librarians ...